Where is Kempt Back Lake?

Kempt Back Lake is a lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Kempt Back Lake?

Kempt Back Lake has a maximum depth of 59.1 feet and an average depth of 16.7 feet. The lake covers 688.2 acres.

Kempt Back Lake

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia279 haView map Directions

NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Kempt Back Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

3.5 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1986

Phosphorus

0.5 µg/L

Less phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

18 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

279 ha

Surface area

59 ft max depth
Limited data

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Kempt Back Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 0.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 59.1 ft. Surface area: 688.2 acres.

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Kempt Back Lake is a 688-acre lake in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 59 feet (17-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1986-06-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Kempt Back Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water11.5 ft of visibility
Deep water59.1 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Kempt Back Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Kempt Back Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Kempt Back Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Good clarity, visible to about 11.5 ft. Phosphorus 0.5 µg/L. TSI 18.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.5m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	0.5µg/L	Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)		No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	18	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Lake Details

Max depth

18 m

Average depth

5.1 m

Surface area

279 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Kempt Back Lake

Where is Kempt Back Lake?: Kempt Back Lake is a lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Kempt Back Lake?: Kempt Back Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 0.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 59.1 ft. Surface area: 688.2 acres.
Is Kempt Back Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Kempt Back Lake?: Kempt Back Lake has a maximum depth of 59.1 feet and an average depth of 16.7 feet. The lake covers 688.2 acres.